Rinaldi (1998, p.120-121) states

Documentation is a point of strength that makes timely and visible the interweaving of actions of the adults and of     the children...documentation makes it possible for teachers to sustain the children's learning while they also learn (to teach) from the children's own learning.  Through documentation we leave traces that make it possible to share the ways children learn, and through documentation we can preserve the most interesting and advanced moments of teachers' professional growth. Documentation offers an opportunity for revisiting, reflecting, and interpreting.  Documentation supports the children's memory, offering them the opportunity to retrace their own processes....provides an extraordinary opportunity for parents, as it gives them the possibility to know not only what their child is doing, but also how and why,  to see not only the products but also the processes.     

Edwards, C., Gandini, L., and Foreman, G. (1998).  Hundred Languages of Children- The Reggio Emelia Approach-Advanced Reflections.  Greenwich, CT: Ablex Publishing Corporation.

Planning for the project                     What is a structure?       

Explorations/Investigations                               

1. Castles and Knights                               

2. Drawing structures of interest       

3. Changes by Pat Hutchins

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